Facebook Reveals Biggest Political Spenders In The Run-Up To Midterm Elections

Posted - October 28 201803:47

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Facebook Reveals Biggest Political Spenders In The Run-Up To Midterm Elections

Sen. Kamala Harris of California, who is considered a top Democratic presidential contender in 2020, also was among the big spenders, buying more than $1 million in advertising on Facebook. The social-media company has been running a campaign totaling $12.5 million worth of ads on Facebook and Instagram, seeking to convince the public that it's addressing big issues - such as misinformation and election interference. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke has topped $100 million, making it the most expensive Senate race in USA history.

Facebook Inc. said the top spender on political ads on its sites since May was U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke, who is challenging Republican Ted Cruz in Texas. Facebook said RFA created pages using fake accounts or multiple accounts with the same names and posted massive amounts of clickbait meant to direct people to third-party websites.

More than $100 million has now been raised for the U.S. Senate race in Texas.

In order to do so, when an advertiser categorizes an ad as being related to politics or an issue of national importance, it must disclose who paid for the ad, Facebook said.

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O'Rourke spent $21 million in the first half of October and still had $10.3 million in the bank as of Oct. 17. Still, Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates the race Likely Republican.

The Trump Make America Great Again Committee, a fundraising organization for President Donald Trump, was second during the period with spending of US$3.1 million. "And tens of millions of dollars are flooding into Texas from liberals across the country".

Several politically active 501 (c)(4) s made the list, including the Koch's Americans for Prosperity, which took out ads making the case for cutting discretionary spending and passing a bill that targets union regulations, among other issues. Kaiser Health News has reported that the dialysis industry has contributed more than $104 million to defeat the measure, which would cap dialysis clinic profits at 115% of the costs of patient care.

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Because no Mega Millions winners emerged, the next scheduled drawing on Tuesday was projected to be worth a record $1.6 billion . The winning numbers for the $ 1 billion Mega Millions jackpot , the second largest in us history, were announced at 8 p.m.

The six winning numbers were printed on a ticket sold at the store off Lee Vaughn Road, about a 6.5km drive from city hall. SC is one of seven states that don't require lottery winners to be publicly identified, CNN affiliate WIS reported.

Of the cases announced Tuesday, 62 have been confirmed in 22 states, according to Nancy Messonnier, a top official at the CDC. But Messonnier cautioned that it would be "premature" to be confident that this year will be the same as the earlier years.

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Google - which now only enjoys 2.8 percent of the US phone market - clearly wants to position itself as the "smartest" smartphone. The Google Camera app has been updated with the new look, allowing users to swipe left or right to switch shooting modes.

Twitter has already disclosed the account numbers, but is now releasing the actual tweets , images, video and other information. Twitter said it will "continue to proactively combat nefarious attempts" to undermine the integrity of its network.

Mega Millions has already smashed its own jackpot record, which was $656 million, shared by winners in three states in March 2012. Lottery fever continues to spread across Michiana in anticipation of Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing .

Remain supporters from St Albans district meet at St Albans City station to travel to the People's Vote march . She added: "The Tory government's handling of these negotiations has been chaotic, incompetent and shambolic".

Last week, Turkey accepted a Saudi proposal to form a joint working group to investigate Mr Khashoggi's disappearance. Hours prior, President Trump announced in a tweet that he spoke with Saudi Arabia's King Salman about Khashoggi.

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